When Heila Aleta Elizabeth Klopper was born on 19 September 1869, in Natal, South Africa, her father, Johannes Christiaan Klopper, was 60 and her mother, Anna Francina Labuschagne, was 28. She married Coenraad Johannes Palmer on 29 April 1889, in Utrecht, Natal, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 7 August 1898, in Spitzkop, Natal, South Africa, at the age of 28.
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Introduction of pass laws to control labor force in Kimberley diamond mines.
Britain claims Walvis Bay.
British defeat the Zulus in Natal. British and colonial forces destroy Zulu army at Isandhlwana. Griqualand East annexed to Cape Colony.
North German (Klöpper): cognate of South German Klöpfer (see Klopfer ). Compare Clopper and Kloepper .
Dutch: occupational name, possibly for a watchman, from Middle Dutch cloppere, nomen agentis for someone who knocks or beats. Compare Clopper .
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